IRON COLLEGE FOOTBALL / On this day /March 13

March 13 in college football

Every March 13 in Iron's archive: the ranked teams that lost to unranked ones, the ranked matchups, and the games worth retelling. Every result links to its game card.

Biggest comebacks

Deficit the winner erased. Measured from in-game margins where play data exists, cross-checked against quarter scores; a row prints only when the quarter lines corroborate it, so this list starts in 2000.

SeasonWinnerLoserTrailed by
2020 Southeastern La. 27 Northwestern St. 24 14 ptsat a quarter
2020 Southern Ill. 17 UNI 16 13 ptsat a quarter
2020 Furman 17 ETSU 13 10 ptsat a quarter
2020 Lamar 27 McNeese 26 10 ptsat a quarter
2020 Weber St. 18 UC Davis 13 10 ptsat a quarter

Highest-scoring games

Combined points, both teams.

SeasonWinnerLoserPoints
2020 Eastern Wash. 46 Idaho St. 42 88 pts
2020 Sam Houston 71 Nicholls 17 88 pts
2020 Rhode Island 40 Villanova 37 77 pts
2020 Maine 38 UAlbany 34 72 pts
2020 Samford 37 Wofford 31 68 pts

Biggest crowds

Announced attendance.

SeasonWinnerLoserAttendance
2020 Prairie View 17 Grambling 10 10,500
2020 North Dakota St. 21 Illinois St. 13 6,145
2020 Lamar 27 McNeese 26 4,523
2020 Weber St. 18 UC Davis 13 4,322
2020 Southeastern La. 27 Northwestern St. 24 3,016